Finally Google fans in Kerala (including me) launched Kerala Google Technology User Group in Trivandrum yesterday. I was eagerly waiting to attend the function after registering for the event. The event was really a superb one. All sessions were good. But the only thing I missed was the wifi( I missed Twitter).  Event was also broadcasting live from the venue.

Kerala GTUG Introduction & Launch by Sreejumon

Sreejumon is the man behind this venture. He is currently working with Nokia R&D Center Bangalore. He started the meeting with a talk about GTUG’s. He also detailed the structure and the way of functioning of Kerala GTUG. Then he introduced some books related to Google technology. These books are decided to put in the GTUG library starting at the premises of KeLNet. He concluded his speech by inviting Praseed Pai for taking a session on How Google Changed the Software Development Landscape.

Praseed pai taking session on How Google Changed the Software Development Landscape

As always Praseed Pai started his talk by showing the photo of a person. It was Rajeev Motwani , co-author of influential paper on the PageRank algorithm. He explained the working of PageRank algorithm and another algorithm that is mostly used in cloud computing. He showed that how Google changed the machine centric development into web centric development.

Session by Anash Oommen on Chrome Extension

After a short tea break Anash Oommen took a session on Chrome Extension. Anash Oommen is a Developer Programs Engineer at Google, and works to promote Google’s APIs and technologies. His session was really informative. He showed a demo of making a Google chrome extension. Session also discussed the architecture and working of chrome extensions.

Google Tips and Tricks by Sreejumon

In the lunch break I met lots of tweepls. I was really excited by seeing my followers out there J.  Next session was taken by Sreejumon. He gave some tips and tricks to work with Google. Google playground was a great tip for me.

Rajesh Varghese taking session on Google Tools for Web Developers

Last session was about Google Tools for Web Developers. Rajesh Varghese, Senior Software Engineer at Software Incubator handled the session. He talked about the various tools from Google that can be used for web development. He showed demos of Google analytics, Google webmaster tools etc…

Kerala GTUG launch event attendees

So, Kerala Google Technology Users Group Launch ends up with a bang. Lots of goodies passed to the attendees. I got a Google Tee . Google pens, Google stickers were distributed there. That was really the amazing part of the event.

Overall the event was really rocking one. I managed to get a golden membership in Kerala GTUG. I learned and enjoyed a lot from the event. All the best for Kerala GTUG in coming days.